The Silmarillion
Recommended by Lucas Morales, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #6 in Tolkien, Ranked #18 in Elves — see more rankings.
Tolkien considered THE SILMARILLION his most important work, and, though it was published last and posthumously, this great collection of tales and legends clearly sets the stage for all his other writing. The story of the creation of the world and of the the First Age, this is the ancient drama to which the characters in THE LORD OF THE RINGS look back and in whose events some of... more
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Lucas Morales My favorite books are Tolkien’s the Lord of the Rings, the Hobbit, and the Silmarillion. In fact these book hold a special place in my memory. In highschool I was so into Tolkien that I delved into linguistics on my own time. I was obsessed with Quenya (Tolkien’s elvish language). I combined that obsession with my mediocre skills as a programmer, and made a sort of dictionary/translator program. This was actually my first venturing into entrepreneurship, because in my naivety I thought I might be able to sell my software to fellow enthusiasts (the first movie was just coming out at the time). (Source)
Rankings by Category
The Silmarillion is ranked in the following categories:
- #94 in Collection
- #48 in Epic
- #41 in Epic Fantasy
- #68 in Fantasy
- #99 in Fantasy Adventure
- #54 in Fantasy Epic
- #48 in Fantasy Fiction
- #61 in Fantasy Sci-Fi
- #80 in Folio Society
- #65 in Leather
- #22 in Medieval Fantasy
- #100 in Mythology
- #87 in Purple
- #79 in Science Fiction Fantasy
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